hpage@... writes:
I have a chopped B-3 and need two of the metal pieces that attach to
the organs keys with screws (2).
The metal things are referred to as key channels. You need 2 key
channels? Best bet is find a buddy with a parts M3. That is what I have
done. Pick up a spinet for cheap and that is all the keys you'll ever
need. You can check various suppliers over the internet and probably
find 2 key channels. I'd just go to all the websites you know of or cool
suppliers/repair persons and send em all an email about what you are
looking for.
Also how does one gain access to the lower keyboard to screw in
these> key extensions for lack of a better name?
Sounds to me like you should ask the guy who made this chop. If it were
a stock organ you have to separate the manuals. In that case on a
console Hammond (C3/B3/A100) you unbolt the manuals from below (4 bolts),
unscrew the catch on the manual/front rail and then raise the manuals.
Get some blocks or screwdrivers or whatever to hold them up. Then
looking at the cheek blocks, you'll see how they separate. Got to raise
it high enough to where you can see the bolts under the cheek blocks
though. However a chop is someone's great idea how to stack an entire
tone wheel organ into a smaller box using different methods to tighten
things and different placement. So I have no idea on your instrument.
If it is an EIS chop Bob will help you, Liddell Newsham is ret. I think
but I bet he'll still offer support on his chops or if it is a Bill Beer
chop although he has passed, there are many that also have his
instrument...... If you can't contact the mfr of that chop see if
someone else has a similar one. Might be just like a stock organ too.
Check it out and let us know. Raising the manuals is a bit of a PIA to
replace one key but that's how it goes. Once you raise the manuals once
and see what you're doing you'll do it in 90 seconds. Good luck.
Dave McCracken
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